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CHARLES \V. GOLDSMITH, OF NE YORK, N. Y.

COIN-CONTROLLED VENDING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,459, dated January 21, 1896.

Application filed $eptemher 24, 1895. Corial lie. 563,566. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. GOLD- sMITH, of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Coin-Controlled Vending Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The prime object of this invention is to provide a vending-machine better adapted than those heretofore in use for delivering bulky packages of merchandise, and this object I attain by means of two pairs of oppositely-arranged supports, movable toward and from each other and capable of supporting elongated packages of merchandise,said packages being alternately crossed, so that as each pair of supports operates alternately a single package will be dropped from the pipe and delivered.

Other objects are contemplated, all tending to improve the construction and operation of the machine, and particularly the mechanism for operating the supports, and the full attainment of all will be apparent from the following specification.

The invention consists of certain peculiar features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be fully described hereinafter, I

and finally embodied in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, showing the door or hinged side of the casing in an open position. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. etis a sectional view on the same line, the sight being in an opposite direction and the coin-slot closure being omitted. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the merchandise-tube and the supports thereof. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6 6 of Fig. 5, and Figs. 7 and 8 are fragmentary elevations in illustration of the operation of the tripping mechanism whereby the coin places the machine in condition for operation to deliver the package of merchandise.

I11 carrying out my invention a suitablysupported standard 10 is provided, and this standard carries the casing containing the operative parts of the device. The casing is constructed as a substantially-rectangular box having a hinged side 11 and a forwardlyinclined top 12, contiguous at its upper edge to a horizontal portion ll of the casing, said horizontal portion having grooves 15 adapted to receive pencils and pens, and said top is provided at its lower edge with a ledge 13. By these means the upper side of the casing is formed as a desk and may be used as such. The casing also has, rising from its upper side and at the outer edge of the horizontal portion 1a, a frame 16 in which an ornamental mirror 17 or other device may be arranged.

Sustained in the casing is the merchandisetube 18, rectangular in cross-section and vertically elongated. Rigidly secured to each outer corner of the tube 18, and at a point approximately the middle of the tube, is an angle-iron 19, which has extended therefrom project-ions 20, disposed at right angles to each other and inclined dow'nward. These projections are provided to form bearings for the two sets of rock-shafts 21 and 22, the shaft-s in each set being parallel with each other, but the shafts 21 are at right angles to the shafts 22.

The shafts 22 directly adjacent to the side 11 are provided with an upwardly-projecting arm 23, to which the link 24: is pivotally connected, and this link extends slightly down ward to a point below the opposite shaft 22, where it is pivotally connected to a pin 25, (see Fig. 5,) projecting from a frame 26 on the rear shaft 22. By these means the shafts 22 are made to operate in unison, and as the front shaft 22 rocks outwardly the rear shaft will move in the same manner. Each of the shafts 22 is provided with a frame 26, which is rigid with the shaft, and said frames have their extremities level with the lower end of the tube 18 and are provided with supportingplates 27, formed with projecting ribs 28,

adapted to bind against the lower sides of the tube 18 and prevent excessive movement of the plates, the shafts 22 being actuated by springs 29, which cause the frames 26 to have a tendency inward. This projects the plates 27 under the tube 18, so that they will support the crossed packages 30 of merchandise, as is best shown in Figs. 5 and (3.

The shafts 21 are each provided with a frame 31, similar to the frames 26, and these frames 31 have plates 32 fixed to their lower extremitles, said plates being duplicates of and operating similarly to the plates 27, and the shafts 21 are actuated by springs 33. Fixed t the left-hand shaft 21 and rising therefrom is an arm 34, similar to the arm 23 of the shaft 22 and having a link 35 pivoted thereto, the said link being extended diagonally and downward and pivotally connected to the carries near its end a disk 38, on the rear faceof which are arranged two oppositely-disposed cam-plates 39, and on the front face of each of the cam-plates are fixed two pins 40. (Best shown in Figs. 2 and The cam-plates 39 are each adapted to engage a rod 41, fixed to the rear shaft 21 and having a brace 42 projected from the adjacent plate 32, the lower extremity of the rod 41 being engaged by the cams, so that as this engagement takes place the shaft 21 to which the rod is attached will be carried outwardly and its movement be imparted to the frames 31 and their attached plates 32. c

The pin-s are adapted to engage aishoe 43, soldered or otherwise rigidly secured toa downwardly-turn ed projection 44 of the righthand plate 27, said projection being extended parallel with the disk 38, and the shoe being engaged by each of the pins 40 as the disk revolves. It will thus be seen that as the shaft 37 revolves and the cams 39 engage with the rod 41 the frames 31 will be caused to move outwardly in unison upon the engagement of each cam with the rod 41, which operation will be twice in each revolution of the disk. It will also be seen that twice in each revolution of the disk one of the pins 40 will engage with the shoe 43 and move the frames 26 and their plates 27 outward. The pins 40 are arranged directly in the rear of the heel or shoulder of each of the cam-plates 39, so that immediately after a cam-plate engages the rod 41 one of the pins 40 will be in position to engage the shoe 43, and the operation of the machine is so timed that the step-by-step movement hereinafter described and charac teristic of the disk 38 will be timed to cease as the rod 41 moves inward past the shoulder of each cam. Therefore a complete revolution of the disk 38 comprises four steps in its movement.

Fixed in the shaft 37, and near the outer extremity thereof, is a disk 45, formed with four equidistant ratchet-teeth 46, and these ratchet-teeth are adapted to be engaged by the spur of a pawl 47 pivoted to a lever 48, and having a pin 49 moving in an arc-shaped slot 50, c011- centric to the disk and formed in a frameplate 51. A leaf-spring 2 is fixed to said frame-plate 51 and bears against the pin 49, so as to cause the pawl 47 to move steadily in the slot 50, and thus prevent unnecessary rattling and play of said pawl.

The lever 48 has its fulcrum on the pin 53, and its longer arm is that to which the pawl 47 is pivoted, said longer arm having also connected thereto a retractile spring 54, which spring is secured to the casing and tends to lift the longer arm of the lever. The other and shorter arm of the lever is formed substantially as a hook and comprises a spur or projected part 55, having at its inner side a shoulder 56. The coinway 57 has formed therein an orifice 58, through which the short or hooked arm of the lever 48 projects, and at the upper end of the orifice 58 is a pivot on which the detent-plate 59 is hung, said plate 59 having a shoulder 60 adapted to cooperate with the shoulder 56 on the hook of the shorter arm of the lever 48. The detent-plate 59 is pressed against the projection 55 by means of a spring 61.

The position of the parts just described immediately before the encounter of a coin therewith is shown in Fig. 4, and there it will be seen that the detent-plate 59 has its shoulder in engagement with the projection 55 and shoulder 56 of the short arm of the lever 48, being pressed into such position by means of the spring 61. WVhen, however, the coin in its descent through the way 57 engages the plate 59, the said plate will be moved inward to the position shown in Fig. 7, and the movement of the coin will be arrested by the projection 55 of the arm 48.

Mechanism hereinafter more particularly described should now be operated to depress the longer arm of the lever 48, whereupon the spur 55 will be moved upward and the coin allowed to drop past said spur, as illustrated in Fig. 8. As the lever 48 moves downward at its longer end, the pawl 47 will move, guided by the slot 50, and impart said movement to the disk 45 through the medium of its several ratchet-teeth 46. The disk 45 being attached to the shaft 37 will cause said shaft to revolve, and this movement will be in turn imparted to the disk 38.

It will be observed that the four ratchetteeth on the disk 45 produce the four-step revolution hereinbefore ascribed to the disk 38.

The means for depressing the longer arm of the lever 48 comprise a frame 62, which has a curved face 63, and which is pivoted 011 a pin 64, the curved face being in engagement with the upper middle portion of the long arm of the lever 48. Pivoted on the frame 62, at a point just above the pin 64, is a block 65, which is adapted to be engaged by a presserfoot 66 on the push-rod 67, and the said rod is reciprocated in bearings 68 in one side of the casing, and provided at its projected outer end with a knob 69, all of which will be understood. The upward movement of the frame 62 under the influence of the rod 67 IIO is limited by a pin which engages an upwardlyoffset portion of the frame 62.

The coinway 57 is of the usual construction and runs along in the rear side of the wall 82 of the casing, its upper and receiving end 71 being located at the upper rear lefthand corner of the casing, as is best shown in Fig. 2, said end being adapted to register with a slot 7 2 formed in the hinged side 11 of the casing. This construction is best shown in Fig. 1, where the saidhinged sideisillustrated as in a closed position.

The lower or discharge end of the coinway 57 empties into a cash-drawer 73, the same being slidable in the rear lower corner of the casing, and opening at the left-hand side thereof, as shown best in Fig. 2.

In order to prevent the insertion of coins into the machine when the merchandise has been exhausted, I provide a stop-lever 74, the same being fulcrumed on a projection 75, and having an enlarged upper portion 76 movable past the upper end 71 of the coinway 57, and a bent lower portion arranged with a normal tendency to swing the enlarged part- 7 6 away from the upper end of the coinway. To the lower portion of the lever 72 is connected a cord 75, which passes over pulleys 76 and downwardly into the tube 18, its lower end being connected with a weight 77, which rests upon the merchandise 30 and normally permits the bent lower end of the lever 74 to ex ercise its in fluence on the enlarged part 76. Then, however, the merchandise is exhausted, the support of the weight 77 fails and the tendency of the bent end of the lever 74 is preponderated, resulting in the closure of the end 71 of the coinway by means of the enlarged part of the lever 74.

The tube 18 has arranged below it a guideway 78, which is formed of a suitable framework and is practically a continuation of the tube, its lower end being directly over an in clined chute 7 9, which projects outwardly from the left-hand side of the casing and below an opening 80 therein. The merchandise falling from the tube 18 drops through the guide 78 and falls upon the chute 7 6 and out of the opening 80, and by this means its delivery is effected.

Secured to the inner front sides of the easing and extending along the width of said side is a guide-bar 81, which has its righthand extremity and that adjacent to the side 11 of the casing slightly beveled, as shown in Fig. 2, the said guide being provided to brace and direct the tube 18.

Lying snugly against the inner rear side of the casing is a sliding wall 82, which extends from the upper portion of the casing downward to a point just over the cash-drawer 7 3, and has rigid with its lower edge a horizontall y-extending portion 83,the same being projected across and just beyond the inner upper edge of the cash-drawer 73, and provided at its inner edge with an upwardly-extending wall 84, all of said walls 82, 83 and 84 being rigid with each other. The upper edge of the wall 84 extends to a point level with the lower edge of the tube 18, and is formed with a notch 85, through which the right-hand plate 32 projects, the parts of the wall which are directly adjacent to the opening 85 being secured to the edge of the tube 18, as is best shown in Fig. 3. The upper rear edge of the tube 18 has fixed thereto a brace 86, which eX- tends horizontally and rearwardly to the wall 82, to which it is also connected.

The walls 82, 83 and 84, being slidably arranged within the casing and carrying the tube 18, its operating mechanism, the shaft 37, the coinway, the push-bar 67, its connections and the lever 74 may be withdrawn by moving it to the right and thus disconnecting it from the casing, which results in the displacement of all the operative mechanism of the machine, leaving the guide 78, the cashdrawer 73 and the cord 75 alone within the casing, it being understood that to withdraw the said walls and their connected parts the cord 7 5 should be disconnected from the lever 74.

In replacing the several movable parts the guide 81 serves to direct the tube 18, and when said tube is replaced to brace and render the same secure.

It will be understood that the merchandise packages 30 are to be alternately crossed in the tube 18, so that one half will fall upon the plates 32 and the other half upon the plates 27.

It is obvious that various changes in the form and embodiment of my invention may be resorted to without departing from the principle thereof, and this is particularly true of the hinged side 11. I therefore consider myself entitled to all such departures.

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Having thus described my invention, I,

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Paten t- 1. In a vending machine, the combination with a merchandise tube, of two rock shafts journaled at the outer side thereof, a plate carried by each rock shaft, a rotary shaft, means for operating the shaft, a disk carried by the rotary shaft, a cam plate on the disk, and a pin also on the disk, said cam plate and pin being capable of respectively operating the two rock shafts, substantially as described.

2. In a vending machine, the combination of a merchandise tube, two rock shafts mounted at the outer side thereof,a plate connected with each rock shaft, a driven and rotary shaft, a disk carried by the rotary shaft, a cam plate projecting from one side of the disk, a rod connected with one rock shaft, and a pin projecting from the opposite side of the disk, substantially as described.

3. In a vending machine, the combination of a tube, two pairs of rock shafts journaled at the outer side thereof, and oppositely ar- IIO ranged, an arm secured to one rock shaft of each pair, a link connected with each arm and with the respective remaining rock shafts, a plate connected with each rock shaft, and means for alternately operating each pair of rock shafts, substantially as described.

at. In a vending machine, the combination of a merchandise tube, two merchandise supports, a rotary shaft, means for operating the rotary shaft, a disk carried by the said shaft, a cam plate and a pin carried by the disk and respectively adapted to alternately operate the merchandise supports, substantially as described.

5. In a vending machine, the combination of a merchandise tube, a rock shaft j ournaled at the outer side of the tube, a frame connected with the rock shaft, a plate rigid with the frame and extending at right angles thereto, and having an upwardly projecting rib, and means for operating the rock shaft, substan tially as described.

6. In a coin controlled vending apparatus, the combination with merchandise supporting and delivering mechanism, of a coin way, a lever, a detent plate, a pawl connected with the lever and with the merchandise delivering mechanism, a pivoted frame, and a push rod, substantially as described.

7. In a coin controlled vending apparatus, the combination with merchandise supporting and delivering mechanism, of a coin way having an'opening therein, a lever having one end projected into the opening, a detent plate pivoted in the opening of the coin way and holding the lever, a pawl connected with the lever, a pivoted frame and a push rod, substantially as described.

8. In a coin controlled vending apparatus, the combination with merchandise supporting and delivering mechanism, of a coin way,

a lever having one arm projected into the coin way and formed with an extension and a shoulder, a pivoted detent plate engaging the extension and shoulder of the lever and tripped by the coin, a pawl connected with the lever and with the merchandise delivering mechanism, and means for operating the lever, substantially as described.

9. In a coin controlled vending apparatus, the combination with merchandise supporting and delivering mechanism, of a guide plate having a slot therein, a ratchet disk adjacent to the said guide plate, and an operated pawl for the ratchet disk, said pawl having a stud operating in the slot of the guide plate, substantially as described.

10. In a vending machine, the combination with a merchandise tube and a drive shaft, of pivoted and spring-pressed supports projecting into the merchandising tube, the said supports being connected in pairs, and means on the drive shaft for alternately operating the pairs of supports, substantially as described.

' 11. In a vending machine, the combination with a merchandise tube, of two rock shafts, a plate carried by each rock shaft, an operated rotary shaft, a disk carried by said shaft, and means on said disk for alternately operating the rock shafts, substantially as described.

12. In a vending machine, the combination with a merchandise tube, of two rock shafts, a plate carried by each rock shaft, an operated rotary shaft, and means operated by said shaft for alternately operating the rock shafts, substantially as described.

13. In a vending machine, the combination with a merchandise tube, of two pairs of supports, said pairs being oppositely arranged and connected to operate alternately, springs for pressing the supports into the merchan dise tube, and means for moving them out thereof against the tendency of the springs, substantially as described.

14. In a vending machine, the combination with a merchandise tube, of two supports, springs for pressing said supports into the tube, and means for alternately moving the supports out of the tube and against the tendency of the springs, the supports being arranged so that one is always within. the tube, substantially as described.

15. In a coin-controlled vending machine, the combination with merchandise supporting and delivering mechanism, of a coin-way, a lever, means for locking the lever, said means being controlled by the coin, a frame plate formed with a slot therein, a shaft, a ratchet disk fixed to the shaft and adjacent to the frame plate, and a pawl pivotally connected to the lever and spring-pressed into engagement with the ratchet disk, the pawl having a stud movable in the slot of the frame plate, substantially as described.

CHARLES XV. GOLDSMITH.

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O. SEDGWIOK, ISAAC B. OWENS. 

